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 * Copyright (c) 2006, 2020 THALES GLOBAL SERVICES.
 * 
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 * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0
 * 
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *    Thales - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.polarsys.capella.core.data.fa;

import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;
import org.polarsys.capella.core.data.capellacore.NamedElement;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Exchange Category</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * </p>
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.polarsys.capella.core.data.fa.ExchangeCategory#getExchanges <em>Exchanges</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @see org.polarsys.capella.core.data.fa.FaPackage#getExchangeCategory()
 * @model annotation="http://www.polarsys.org/kitalpha/ecore/documentation description='defines a family of exchanges, all associated to a common applicative criteria\r\n[source: Capella study]' usage\040guideline='could for example be used to declare a grouping of all physical exchanges sharing the same communication medium\r\n[source: Capella study]' used\040in\040levels='operational,system,logical,physical,epbs' usage\040examples='n/a' constraints='none' comment/notes='none' reference\040documentation='none'"
 *        annotation="http://www.polarsys.org/capella/MNoE/CapellaLike/Mapping UML/SysML\040semantic\040equivalences='' base\040metaclass\040in\040UML/SysML\040profile\040='uml::Package' explanation='none' constraints='none'"
 *        annotation="http://www.polarsys.org/capella/semantic"
 * @generated
 */
public interface ExchangeCategory extends NamedElement {





	/**
   * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Exchanges</b></em>' reference list.
   * The list contents are of type {@link org.polarsys.capella.core.data.fa.FunctionalExchange}.

   * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Exchanges</em>' reference list isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
   * @return the value of the '<em>Exchanges</em>' reference list.
   * @see org.polarsys.capella.core.data.fa.FaPackage#getExchangeCategory_Exchanges()
   * @model annotation="http://www.polarsys.org/kitalpha/ecore/documentation description='the list of functional exchanges that are part of this exchange category\r\n[source: Capella study]' constraints='none' comment/notes='none'"
   *        annotation="http://www.polarsys.org/capella/MNoE/CapellaLike/Mapping UML/SysML\040semantic\040equivalences='' explanation='none' constraints=''"
   *        annotation="http://www.polarsys.org/capella/semantic excludefrom='xmlpivot'"
   * @generated
   */

	EList<FunctionalExchange> getExchanges();





} // ExchangeCategory
